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Thunderbird Club

#120,784
PillO said:
Been there, done that. I was part of a new management team that radically changed the direction of a failing company. One person I know, when doing a turn around, had a large calendar put outside his office. Day one it would be blank except for dates and day numbers from day 1 to day 100 (it would slowly be filled in with items). Day 100 had a big red C written in. Eventually someone would ask what the big red C was for. And he would smile and just say "That. Is change day..."
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See, I thought you were heading to “C is for... Closure Day”
 
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#120,786
D.M.N. said:
I've spent the last two weeks digging through the Gearslutz forum in preparation for assembling a home studio. Gonna start drywalling the garage and prepping everything, then pickup a mixer and probably a 1/2" Tape machine. Compressors and EQs and preamps, oh my!
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In L.A. Dylan? Or the San Juans?
 
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#120,787
Cat and chrome cover potted '89 pickup.

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#120,790
PillO said:
Cool! You could find yourself on the receiving end of an offer really soon... @kringle77

I hear you on the shoulder. I am awaiting surgery for a torn labrum in my left shoulder. Good news, I have the top surgeon in the area, more good news I am near the top of the wait list, bad news, everything I do results in pain. I am reduced to playing in 15 minute increments. It is a matter of making the tough choices - I could do nothing, get fatter and lose muscle tone that will result in less pain but poorer outcomes. Or I can continue as usual (modified to reduce joint stress) which means more pain but better surgical outcome.
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Hate to hear that. (The bad part). Don't do anything to make it worse prior to surgery.
 
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#120,793
The latest on the ribbon part of the club. I sent those pictures to Steve Sank who said the shell probably needs a vent to sound good. He says he can do that with a Dremmel and make it look reasonably good. Same with a vent in the front. His take on the ribbon was the same as mine - whoever did that had not evolved to CroMagnon level of stone ax use. But, he says the ribbon motor itself is a good, robust design. I'll end up with more into it than it's ever going to be worth, but then it will never be worth all that much except as a useful tool anyway. Plus, the weirdness factor will always be there, provided that the French Foreign Legion hit squad who are currently tracking me down for having the stolen and missing seventh L'Industrelle Des Microphones control unit don't strike before it can be done.

There's one twist to the official story that has to be added. It is that the rebels were encamped along the Spanish border and would do cross border raids at times, creating havoc and sometimes racing bicycles.
 
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#120,794
PillO said:
Not to pick on either of you specifically, but people get this wrong.
From the outside, the course of events is - product disappears from website with note that it is due to Gibson cease and desist. Gibson are bastards.

From the inside, the process is much more involved. The first thing that happens is a cease and desist letter. That gets shown to corporate counsel who present what the options are. Options include: choose to negotiate a license, choose to fight it out in court, choose to ignore it and hope it all goes away (but be prepared to go to court), choose to discontinue product.

None of us (unless someone here is counsel to Reverend or Gibson, and if so is probably bound by confidentiality) know what decisions were made internally. I can bet that the process took at least 3 months and probably took a year or more. An assessment of the ability to fight (cost as well as likely outcome) indicated that it was a poor option for any number of reasons including that perhaps they don't sell many. An assessment of the license negotiation process indicated that they could not raise the price of the item enough to compensate for the added cost. So the decision was to let the product line go thereby complying with the cease and desist.

On the inside, both sides made a series of decisions that resulted in a business decision to stop production.
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True. Similar to people complaining about being "ripped off and kicked out of a house due to foreclosure." It's a long process with plenty of chances to engage and attempt a resolution other than foreclosure. In my work I get people making such complaints and are seeking something from someone else to fix it. At some point I often have to say, Look, you didn't get in this shape in a week, and I can't fix it in a week. Context sheds a whole light.
 
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#120,795
dagrev said:
True. Similar to people complaining about being "ripped off and kicked out of a house due to foreclosure." It's a long process with plenty of chances to engage and attempt a resolution other than foreclosure. In my work I get people making such complaints and are seeking something from someone else to fix it. At some point I often have to say, Look, you didn't get in this shape in a week, and I can't fix it in a week. Context sheds a whole light.
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I prefer my work. If it wasn't for the mayhem, it would be pure comedy. Plus, I rarely get asked to fix anything. I'm a professional bad omen. It's a calling.
 
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#120,798
Gaolee said:
The latest on the ribbon part of the club. I sent those pictures to Steve Sank who said the shell probably needs a vent to sound good. He says he can do that with a Dremmel and make it look reasonably good. Same with a vent in the front. His take on the ribbon was the same as mine - whoever did that had not evolved to CroMagnon level of stone ax use. But, he says the ribbon motor itself is a good, robust design. I'll end up with more into it than it's ever going to be worth, but then it will never be worth all that much except as a useful tool anyway. Plus, the weirdness factor will always be there, provided that the French Foreign Legion hit squad who are currently tracking me down for having the stolen and missing seventh L'Industrelle Des Microphones control unit don't strike before it can be done.

There's one twist to the official story that has to be added. It is that the rebels were encamped along the Spanish border and would do cross border raids at times, creating havoc and sometimes racing bicycles.
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That's not in the official history (there are quite a few holes), but matches completely with everything I know of them.
 
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#120,800
PillO said:
Is it some form of P type pickup? It looks offset.

Halloween costume for the cat -> skunk.
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Just one of many different "stock" pickups Gibson has used since '88.
 
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